This is a request from Brandon Midgett for a topic about the 1800’s outbreak of smallpox on the Hawaiian islands. There is not a lot of information on the Internet about this subject, so I used two great books as my main sources. Below are links to the books and the few websites I did use for information. Thanks for listening!

The Hawaiian word for smallpox is ma’i pu’upu’u li’ili’i (the sickness with many little pimples).*

Another great script from Fiona means another episode of History Podcast on Elizabeth I. I hope you all enjoy this episode and please leave comments for Fiona on this posts. Thank you. There may be no more episodes until 2008. Please check out the ‘Episodes List’ for older episodes in the meantime. Happy Holidays!

This request was from listener Naif from Kuwait. The game Assassin’s Creed is being released soon and Naif wants to know more about Assassins. They have an very old history that I found interesting while doing the research for this podcast. I hope you all enjoy it. Happy holidays and thanks for listening!

In this episode I read a topic sent in from Fiona Skepper, a listener from Melbourne, Australia. Fiona did a great job compiling this episodes script on the early life of Elizabeth I. Please leave your feedback for Fiona in the comments.

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